The Ombudsman has petitioned the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot papers for the latest general elections, amid concerns these compromise ballot secrecy. The Court will decide on Wednesday (18 March) whether to accept the case.

<p>An independent civil society organisation urged people to call for a public referendum before the junta’s draft constitution is passed to guarantee public participation and fairness of the draft. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>11 Feb 2015 – Under the Law Reform Commission of Thailand Act B.E 2553 (2010) , Law Reform has been defined as implication of all acts aiming to revise and develop law in the way that shall be expedient and provide the best benefit for the people and the country. This shall include revise and development of the law in corresponds to the word and meaning of the constitution, the machinery of the judicial process, due process of law, law enforcement, adjudicative law, drafting law, that is to revise and development of the law.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Thailand’s human rights agency will submit a letter to the Thai junta leader, urging it to reconsider the plan to merge the agency with the Ombudsman Office, while civil groups condemned the plan.</p>